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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
I don't agree. The GM traded the pick, full stop. He has to be judged on that, if it ends up as a 1 or 2 pick as a result of the Flames falling that far down the standings then that could be a miss on a potential franchise player, and similar to the Kurvers-Neidermayer scenario. Yes, thats a worst case scenario but it could happen:
https://sports.yahoo.com/toronto-map...174106085.html
"The trade was a horrible miscalculation by Smith, who was fired ahead of the draft, and would haunt the Leafs for more than a decade." |
The lottery wasn't in place back then so it isn't a fair comparison.
The lottery is why you can't evaluate on that basis.